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On the 29th of April 2019, Project #5 – Resolving the organisational accident attended the Annual Human Factors & Ergonomics conference in Stratford upon Avon, UK. The project held a Safety Culture Master Class, based on WP3 & WP1. Registration included 30 attendees from a range of industries including defence,…

On the 7th of March 2019, Project #5 – Resolving the organisational accident attended the EASA 1st Ground Handling Safety conference in Cologne, Germany. The project presented the LTN Safety Stack to around 200 attendees from ground handling services, airports, airlines and regulators. Several airports were interested in the Stack…

The Flight Safety Foundation, an independent, non-profit organisation invested in aviation safety, has just published an article on “P5 – Resolving the organisational accident” safety culture surveys. The article examines the output of four years of research of safety culture performed by P5 within Future Sky Safety. Safety culture is…

Organisations, such as ANSPs, airports and airlines, are part of a wider system, and so safety issues in one organisation, or at the interfaces between organisations, can have implications for others. Therefore, there is a need for collaboration between organisations. But in practice, how can organisations work together on safety?…

Presentations and posters from the “Future Sky Safety on Final Approach” conference are now online. The Conference has been held on the 6-7 of November, 2018 in Brussels (Eurocontrol Headquarters) to present the final results reached by all the projects within the Future Sky Safety programme. Visit the event page…

Project #5 – Resolving the organisational accident attended the Human Factors in Aviation Safety conference on the 12-13th of November 2018, at London Gatwick, UK. The project presented both the Safety Blueprint and the LTN Stack.

On the 31st of October-2nd of November 2018, Project #5 – Resolving the organisational accident participated into the 3rd International Cross-Industry Safety Conference (ICSC 2018) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The project presented the integration of P5 products into an SMS (Safety management System) framework to an audience of safety practitioners and…

The final agenda of the “Future Sky Safety on Final Approach” conference has been released! Visit the event page to know more and to browse the digital agenda. Don’t forget to register to the conference before the 29th of October: places are limited and registration is required to take part…

Future Sky Safety is proud to have been recognised by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for its contribution in making London Luton Airport the first airport globally to harmonise ground handling procedures in line with the IGOM (IATA Ground Operations Manual) – collaboration and effective partnership in action. Representatives…

P7 was in Florence, Italy on the 26-31st of August to join the XXII International Mass Spectrometry Conference. The project gave a presentation on the methodology for qualitative and quantitative analysis of volatile compounds from composite materials at elevated temperatures to an audience composed of around 150 academic and industrial…

Last June, Project #5 – Resolving the organisational accident attended the Association of Airports Regional Meeting in Newcastle, UK. The project provided a presentation of the LTN Stack to around 30 UK airports.

On the 26-29th of June 2018, P4 attended the 8th ICRAT – International Conference for Research in Air Transportation at theUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Castelldefels, Spain. The conference was the occasion to present a paper on quantitative assessments of runway excursion precursors using mode S data. Learn more about…

P7 attended the 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, organised by the European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM) and held in Athens, Greece on the 24-28th of June. The project presented a poster on the compression after impact of carbon/geopolymer sandwich panels. Visit the project page to know more about P7…

A new preliminary agenda of the Final Future Sky Safety Public Workshop has been released and is available at the event page. Also, registration is now open: fill in this form to subscribe to the event, participation is free but registration is required!

Project 7 “Mitigating the risk of fire, smoke & fumes” has just released a new document: D7.14 On-board air quality – Final report on the effect of new materials. The document constitutes the final report on the study of effects of new materials, technology and fuel systems on the on…

On the 10-13th of May, P7 will be attending the 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Material and Aerospace Engineering held in Wuhan, China at China University of Geosciences. Representatives of the project will present a paper on the compressive properties of geopolymer matrix composites, written within Project 7 – Mitigating…

We have recenlty uploaded a new document by Project 4 “Total system risk assessment”: D4.6 Total Aviation System Risk Picture 2017. The document provides a total aviation system risk picture for 2017, contains quantified safety performance indicators that measure the actual progress with respect to main safety issues, and gives…

We have recentlly made available three new documents by Project #3 “Specific solutions for runway excursion accidents”: D3.5 Advanced methods for analysis flight data for runway excursion risk factors; D3.6 Analysis of aerodynamics under high sideslip angles on the ground; D3.7 Tyre/ground interaction testing. Water contamination. D3.5 presents possible data…

Two new documents prepared by Project #2 “Dissemination Exploitation and Communication” have been made available: D2.11 Dissemination material from first Future Sky Safety External Workshop; D2.13 Dissemination material from second Future Sky Safety Internal Workshop. The documents illustrate the dissemination material produced for the latest events organsed by the programme:…

We have just uploaded two new documents by Project 1 “Coordination of Institutionally Funded Safety Research”: 1.6 EREA Aviation Safety Research Plan 2017; 1.9 EREA Aviation Safety Research Plan 2018. P1 connects and drives Safety R&TD in the European Aeronautical Research Establishments to safety priorities established e.g. by the EC…

THE CONFERENCE The “Future Sky Safety on Final Approach” conference has been held on the 6-7 of November, 2018 in Brussels, at Eurocontrol Headquarters. This dissemination event presented the final results reached by all the projects within the Future Sky Safety programme. PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS Presentations and posters from the…

As the 2nd Future Sky Safety Internal Workshop approaches, also P7 has developed a poster to share with the whole Consortium the results the project obtained. Project #7 will present the tests results obtained by Výzkumný a zkušební letecký ústav (VZLU) in 2017 with geopolymer based carbon fiber composites. These…

For the 2nd Future Sky Safety Internal Workshop, P4 is creating a poster to illustrate project results to the whole Consortium. The poster will visualize the inputs and the outputs of a model, based on the physical relationships describing the motion of an aircraft, that is able to estimate overrun…

On the 14-15th of November, 2017 Future Sky Safety took part in the Modelling and Simulation in Air Traffic Management conference, jointly organised by AIAA and Royal Aeronautical Society (RaeS) and held in London, UK. This conference seeked to review the challenges associated with future ATM through the lens of…

On the 13-14th of November, 2017 Future Sky Safety took part in the Human Factors in Aviation Safety Conference 2017 held in London Gatwick Airport, UK. The conference featured presentations and discussion on the latest research and practice in the “ultra-safe” sector of aviation, trying to answer the question, How…

In preparation for the 2nd Future Sky Safety Internal Workshop, to be held in Cologne next December, Project #3 “Specific solutions for runway excursion accidents” is working on three different posters that will help illustrate project results to the whole Consortium. Cranfield University is producing a poster on the use…

In view of the 2nd Future Sky Safety Internal Workshop, to be held in Cologne next December, different projects within the programme are preparing posters to help share the results they achieved with the whole Consortium. The first of these posters, prepared by Project #1, will present an overview of…

On the 6-9th of November, 2017 Future Sky Safety was in in London (UK) to take part in the 6th International Rail Human Factors Conference 2017, the only event worldwide focusing on rail human factors. The conference brought together scientists, consultants, regulators, operators, infrastructure managers, manufacturers and suppliers to share…

Future Sky Safety attended the International Aviation Safety Summit (IASS) held on the 23-25th of October, 2017 in Dublin, Ireland. Held annually since 1947, the Flight Safety Foundation’s International Air Safety Summit is aviation’s premier safety summit, drawing representatives from 50 plus countries to exchange information and propose new directions…

Did you know that Future Sky Safety produced a video summarising the programme‘s context, objectives, research topics and much more? The video was first released when Future Sky Safety attended the Aerodays2015 and provides key info on the programme in less than three minutes! The video has now been posted…

We have just uploaded the agenda for the next Future Sky Safety Internal workshop! You can find it on the workshop page in the “Materials and results” section. We’d like to remind you that this workshop is reserved to Future Sky Safety Consortium members and that registration is required via…

Last August, EASA published a practical guide to the management of hazards related to new business models of commercial air transport operators. This guide has been developed by a group of dedicated safety management managers from Europe’s airline industry as part of EASA’s safety promotion strategy. It includes a number…

Future Sky Safety is pleased to announce its 2nd Consortium Workshop to be held in Cologne, at DLR Headquarters, on the 6-7 of December, 2017. The workshop will be the opportunity to provide all Consortium members with progress on the five collaborative projects initiated within Future Sky Safety programme. Updates…

Future Sky Safety took part in the EASA Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) Conference, held on the 12-13th of June, 2017 in Cologne (Germany). The conference aimed at promoting the implementation and development of the most advanced use of Flight Data and related analysis techniques for the improvement of Aviation Safety.…

The Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) last week supervised a number of brake tests on an Airbus A400 aircraft at Twente Airport. The tests, carried out at the request of Airbus, were performed in a water trough created by NLR on the runway. The quantity of water in the trough corresponded…

The 1st FUTURE SKY SAFETY public workshop was held on the 8-9 March, 2017 in Brussels, at Eurocontrol Headquarters. The 2-day workshop aimed at discussing emerging safety issues and trends and providing update on the latest research developments. To know more on this event and see the related information materials,…

We are happy to announce that we just released the agenda of the 1st Future Sky Safety public workshop. This first, draft version of the agenda is now available on the workshop page and will be updated soon with minor adjustments and speakers’ confirmation; meanwhile, please feel free to download and…

The 1st FUTURE SKY SAFETY public workshop “Future Sky Safety: a Joint Programme for Aviation safety” was held on the 8-9 March, 2017 in Brussels, at Eurocontrol Headquarters. The event consisted of a 2-day workshop aimed at discussing emerging safety issues and trends and providing update on the latest research…

Future Sky Safety published four deliverables and a technical publication: P4 Total System Risk Assessment released a Total Aviation System Risk Picture 2016, providing ideas for future improvements of such a risk picture, and a technical publication defining a Preliminary Business Model of the Risk Observatory describing organisational, operational, financial…

Last October, Future Sky Safety took part in the 8th Triennial International Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference organised by the FAA. Eric Deletombe gave a presentation illustrating P7’s Study of Temperature and Fire Exposure Effects on Carbon Reinforced Plastic Mechanical Behaviour. The Conference Proceedings are now available on…

Recently, Future Sky Safety’s P5’s research received wide media coverage and was mentioned by a number of online international newspapers: • The London School of Economics and Science, 06/12/2016 • European Commision, 12/12/2016 • ECA (European Cockpit Association), 07/12/2016 • BALPA (British Airline Pilots’ Association), 07/12/2016 • European Commission’s CORDIS,…

P7 Mitigating the risk of fire, smoke & fumes released a new deliverable. The report gives an overview of the considerations about on-board air quality, both in terms of how it is currently managed and how it could be further improved by additional methodologies in the future. The goal of…

On the 18th of October, 2016 Future Sky Safety took part in the 6th European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN) Conference held in Porto, Portugal. The conference was designed to be the year’s leading forum for discussion and exchange of information about state-of-the-art research and development activities in Aeronautics and Air…

On the 8th of June, 2016 Future Sky Safety and EREA (Association of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics) held the Wake Vortex Workshop 2016, a particularly fruitful public international workshop on the topic of wake vortex. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Braunschweig hosted the event, which saw various European…

Future Sky Safety’s P2 Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication released its Educational Plan, which provides recommendations for potential educational activities in the field of aeronautics focussing on aviation safety. This Plan aims at: identifying a set of educational activities to enhance studies and careers within the aviation safety area, and fostering…

Two new Future Sky Safety public deliverables were released: P2 Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication produced the 1st Assessment of dissemination and exploitation activities carried out by the Programme in its first phase (January 2015 – June 2016); P4 Total System Risk Assessment released a report to define and evaluate the…

On the 8th of June, 2016 a particularly fruitful public international workshop was held at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Braunschweig on the topic of wake vortex. Various European research establishments presented their related research activities at the Wake Vortex Workshop 2016; this was complemented by keynotes from EUROCONTROL…

On the 31st of March and 1st of April, 2016 Future Sky Safety’s P3 “Specific solutions for runway excursion accidents” took part in the Runway Surface Conditions Assessment and Reporting Symposium organised by the Civil Aviation Technical Center of DGAC in Paris, France. A report of the event is available…

Future Sky Safety and EREA (Association of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics) are glad to announce the Wake Vortex Workshop 2016, which will take place on Wednesday, 8 June 2016 hosted by DLR in Braunschweig (Germany). In the context of the joint research initiative Future Sky Safety, the European aeronautics…

In the last months, Future Sky Safety has released fifteen additional deliverables produced by all the seven projects coordinated by the programme. The full document is available for public deliverables; otherwise, you can still read their executive summaries. All these documents, available in pdf format, can be found both in…

Future Sky Safety’s P5 “Resolving the organisational accident” released a white paper, ‘Keeping the aviation industry safe. Safety Intelligence and Safety Wisdom‘, discussing how 16 aviation industry senior executives use safety intelligence to make safe business decisions. P5 is looking at how organisations stay safe in their day-to-day business operations.…

Future Sky Safety’s P7 “Mitigating the risk of fire, smoke & fumes” will participate in the 17th European Conference for Composite Materials (ECCM17) to be held in Munich (Germany) from June 26th to 30th, 2016. P7 will present 3 papers in this conference, and the scientific manager will give a…

Future Sky Safety’s P3 “Specific solutions for runway excursion accidents” will take part in the next Symposium on Runway Surface Conditions Assessment and Reporting, to be held on the 31st of March and 1st of April, 2016 in Paris, France. Follow the link to know more on what will be…

The 1st Future Sky Safety Consortium Workshop has been held on 17-18 February, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium at the European Commission premises. More than seventy people from the Consortium and a good number of representatives from the European Commission (INEA, DG MOVE, DG RTD) and EU-related services (EASA, Clean Sky)…

A new video is available at the download section. The video, displayed during Aerodays2015, presents Future Sky Safety programme, illustrates its context, objectives and research topics, and provides details on the single projects.

Future Sky Safety has released its first public deliverables. These were published by four projects: P1 Coordination of institutional funded safety research produced a Survey of the different institutional funding mechanisms; P2 Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication released a report on the Public Website;

We are glad to announce that the first Future Sky Safety workshop will be held on 17-18 February, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium at EC premises. The event is reserved only to Future Sky Safety Consortium members and EREA Research Establishments. For further information, visit the dedicated page.

The first paper produced by Future Sky Safety has been published. The paper has been presented by P5 “Resolving the organisational accident” at the last Resilience Engineering Association (REA) Symposium.

Future Sky Safety participated in the last Aerodays2015, the European flagship event in aviation research and innovation, attended this year by 1000 delegates, 90 exhibitors including industrial groups like Boeing, Airbus, Thales, Embraer, Alenia, Zodiac, 280 key speakers including Aviation CEOs and heads of key Agencies, key organisations like the association…

Future Sky Safety will be at the next Aerodays 2015 in London. Come visit us! You can find the Programme stand at booth 5-11, located at the 5th floor (Elizabeth Windsor & Mountbatten Combined Lounge). Michel Piers from NLR will also give a presentation of the Programme, during the session…

The official Future Sky Safety website is now online! This website will provide all the relevant information on the Programme and its Projects, including their objectives, the structure of the Consortium, publicly available materials and much more. Updates on the Projects will be published as news, and relevant events (both…

Future Sky Safety project has officially started on the 1st of January 2015. The kick-off meeting was held in Amsterdam and was kindly hosted by NLR. The event gave the participants the opportunity to meet and introduce themselves, also providing a global overview of the Programme‘s objectives and initial activities.…

On the 20th of November 2014, INEA signed the Future Sky Safety Grant Agreement, the first one of H2020. Future Sky Safety is an EU-funded €15 million transport research project in the field of European aviation safety.